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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's five million people in the suburbs. There's &lt;700,000 in DC. Don't you think a whole lot of people in Virginia and Maryland would like a shorter commute? Any new housing built in DC is going to be absorbed by people in the 'burbs. I guess that will open up new places in Gaithersburg and Ashburn and places like that. Yay? [/quote]
There are also significantly more jobs in the suburbs than in DC. Most people that live in the suburbs work in the suburbs and there is actually a lot of commuting from DC to the suburbs. [/quote]

Virtually everyone I know who lives in the suburbs is only there because they couldnt afford DC. They've move into the city in a second if they could. [/quote]

I'll bet many of them live in Ashburn, etc. because they couldn't afford a SFH or a rowhouse in DC.  This "suggestion" isn't going to change that; it'll make those places less affordable.

Someone who moved into a SFH in Ashburn most likely isn't going to move back to DC to live ain a small condo.  Not before retirement, at least.  [/quote]

Have you ever driven into DC from the suburbs during rush hour? It sucks. There's a lot of people who would move in if only to cut their commutes. And there's SO many more people in the suburbs than DC -- 5,000,000 vs. 690,000 -- that it wouldn't take very many of them to absorb any new housing. People who think increasing density is going to lead to even slighter lower housing prices are going to be very disappointed. It will make no difference whatsoever. [/quote]

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